I have always been fascinated with the universe, trying to figure out why and how things happen around me with a complete refusal to accept simplistic answers like ‘that is just how it works’. Not surprisingly, from this I have a gained a passion for the sciences and mathematics, and I find enjoyment in figuring these puzzles out and seeing how it all fits together and while this applies to practically everything about the world around us, I found particular fascination with physics and how it looks at the rules that govern the universe itself. Combine that with my fascination with space and astronomy, and we arrive at my current area of interest, astrophysics. Trying to understand the universe at the largest scales imaginable with limited information is always facinating and lots of fun. I also love communicating these ideas to others and spend time to communicate these concepts to those that’ll listen.
I am currently completing my Honours year in the Bachelor of Science (Advanced) at QUT, majoring in Physics with minors in Mathematics and Astrophysics. Throughout my degree I have completed projects across various fields including astrophysics, geophysics, nanomaterials, and optics, but my current work is with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a survey mapping millions of galaxies to contribute to work on dark energy. I am conducting this work under the supervision of Dr Rossana Ruggeri and have become a member of the DESI team. My work is focused upon the analysis of DESI data to refine the viability of dark energy models. I look forward to working with the QUT Astrophysics Research Group as I conduct this research and I have every intention to move into a PhD program following the completion of my degree